The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-03
70 BEAT THE TELEPHONE.
A Perfected Machine that will Work
a aRevolution--Edison Tells the Ste.
ry of His Invention and What
He Hopes from 1t.

New York. October 21.-ThomaE
A. Edison has got the most wonder
full laboratory on the face of the
earth. He has erected at Llewellyr
park, in Orange, n. j., three Duild
ings Of brick. Each is 100 feet long
by so wide, and each has four stories
These buildings are being supplied
with every known material which
could possibly be made use of.
Mr.. Edison has been talking to
reporter of the Evening Post, and has
been telling some marvellous tales
about his perfected phonograph
/ Hear him:
You know that finished the first
/ phonograph more than ten years ago
Sit remained more or less of try,
The germ Of something wonderful
was perfectly distinct, but tried the
impossible with it and when the elec.
trio light business assumed CONNER
cial Importance threw everything
overheard for that. Nevertheless
the phouograph has oeen more or less
constantly in my mind ever since.
When resting from prolonged work
upon the light my brain would revert
almost automatically to the old idea.
Since the light has been finished /
have taken up the phonograph and
after eight months of steady work
have made it commercial invention.
"My phonograph expect to see
in every business office. The first
500 will, hope, be ready for distri-
button about the end of January.
Their operation is simplicity Itself,
and cannot fail. The merchant or
clerk who wishes to send letter has
only to set the machine in motion
and to talk in his natural voice At
the usual rate of speed into the re-
ceiver. When be has finished the
sheet, or 'phonogram,' as I call it, is
ready for putting into little box
madeon purpose for the mails. We
are making the sneets in three sizes
one for letters Of from $40 to 1000
words, another size for 1000 words,
another size for 1000 words. l ex
pect that an arrangement may be
made with postofhce authorities en-
aBling the phonogram boxes to be
sent st the same rate as letter.
81 The receiver of phoDogram will
pat it into bis apparatus, and the
message will be given out more clear
~, more distinctly than the best tel
ephoDe message ever sent. The
tones of the voice in the two phono
graphs which I have finished are so
perfectly rendered that one can dis
tinguish between twenty different
persons, each one of whom has said a
few words. One tremendous advau-
tage is that the letter may be repeat
ed a thousand times if necessary.
The phonogram does not wear out by
use; moreover it may be filed away for
q hundred years ard be ready the in
slant it is needed. If man dictates
his will to the phonograph there will
be no disputing the authenticity of
the document with those who knew
the tones of his voice in life. The
cost of making the phonogram will be
be scarcely more than the cost Of ordi-
nary letter paper. The machine will
read out the letter or message with
the same speed with which it was
dictated.
II have experimental with de-
vice for enabling printers to set type
from the dictstion of the phonograph,
and think it will work to charm.
1t is so arranged that the printer by
touching lever with his foot allows
five or ten words of the phonogram
to be sounded. If he is not satisfied
with the first hearing he can make it
repeat the same words over and over
again until he has them in type. For
basy men who dictate a great deal
for the press, am sure that the pho
nograph will be necessity after
very little experience.
For musicians the phonograph is
going to do wonders, owing to the ex-
treme cheapness with which ! can du-
plicate phonograms and the delicaoy
with which the apparatus gives out
al musical sounds. In the early
! sllll : = % ID years ago, which
was very imperfect and cSae-s@-a-l.s1l l.s1l
compared to that Of today, it was al
ways noticed that musical SOUNDS
came out peculiarly we'll; the ma
chine would whistle or sing far bet
fer than it would talk. This pecull.
arity of The phonograph remains. l
havs take down the music of an or
chestra and the result is marvellous;
each instrument can be perfectly DIS
tinouished, the strings are perfectly
cellos, the wind instruments and the
wood are perfectly heard, and even III
.,,,. r,,c. OF u violin the ovcr-tones
.,r,. d,.tinct To Il delicate ear. IL -
.,,.,,., ,n work wnn'icra for the bcne'
&, ,,T ,nu.ic lovers. 4 piece Tor any
Instrument. for the piano dr lnr al
r,.t,..,ru or 1T; act ar tue w'o!e oil
..o ,,,rrn, un,atcnI instruments and
y.lrrs can Lr 2!grn out ny the pho'
ff,n